In compliance with the request of the various Orthodox Rabbinical associations, the synagogues were crowded with worshippers, many of whom fasted. Special prayers were offered for German Jewry. There were also numerous local protest meetings, notably a demonstration in Brownsville, attended by many thousands.
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